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May 24, 2018 | NPR · President Trump’s scuttling of a meeting with North Korea’s leader caused South Korean President Moon Jae-In to call an emergency meeting of his advisers. The U.N. secretary-general expressed dismay.

May 24, 2018 | NPR · After a devastating 2017 hurricane season, the Atlantic isn’t likely to get a break this year, NOAA says. The agency predicts 10 to 16 named storms this season, including up to four major hurricanes.

May 24, 2018 | NPR · Actor Jeffrey Tambor told a story about yelling at his colleague, Jessica Walter. And in a controversial interview, several of his castmates tried to dismiss it, with disastrous results.

May 24, 2018 | NPR · Claire North’s new gut-punch of a novel takes place in a dystopian world where one monster corporation controls England, every service is privatized, and every life has been assigned a monetary value.

May 24, 2018 | NPR · Rogers emerges from a brief hiatus from music sounding just as intimate but stronger. “Fallingwater” is a thumping, piano-pop ballad that reflects on an arduous but triumphant journey.